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Notes from a Small Island Book

Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate: "I had recently read that 3.7 million Americans according to a Gallup poll, believed that they had been abducted by aliens at one time or another, so it was clear that my people needed me." That comic tone enlivens this account of Bryson's farewell walking tour of the countryside of "the green and kindly island that had for two decades been my home."Read More

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    After nearly two decades in Britain, Bill Bryson took the decision to move back to the USA. Before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire, he took one last trip around the UK, and in this book, he turns an affectionate but laconic eye on his adopted country.

  • TheBookPeople

    Bill Bryson, the acclaimed author of bestsellers such as The Mother Tongue, Made In America and A Short History of Nearly Everything, gives an irreverent and wry view on all things British as he makes a last trip around the country, before moving back home to the United States for a while. Bryson travels across Great Britain, taking in everywhere from Exeter to John O'Groats, and discusses the endearing merits of modern-day Britain. Presenting the ludicrous and charming in equal measure, he analyses what he loves so much about a country that has produced Marmite, zebra crossings and place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow Bowells. Notes from a Small Island is a social commentary that conveys the true glory of the nation, and has been voted 'the book that best represents Britain' on a previous World Book Day.

  • 0552996009
  • 9780552996006
  • Bill Bryson
  • 1 August 1996
  • Black Swan
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 259
  • New edition
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